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Sage 50 Accounts Plus
Mid level Accounting software

Sage 50 Accounts Plus (which was previously Sage Line 50 Accountant Plus) is designed for businesses that need just a bit more out of their Accounting software. Sage 50 Accounts Plus builds on the entry level package and offers greater control of stock, Project Management and has powerful Accounting functionality that makes this the ideal Accounts system for growing businesses.

The project costing features make it particularly popular with construction firms and service industry companies, but will be suited to any organisation that wishes to see how much profit or loss they have made on each job. Sage 50 Accounts Plus is also the software of choice for many charities who wish to allocate funds to a specific project.

Additional features of Accountant Plus include:

Sage 50 Accounts Plus Project Costing Module:

• This powerful costing tool allows organisations to easily setup and manage projects. It integrates with both the Sales and Purchase ledger and even allows for you to record PAYE time against each job. Used correctly this tool will provide invaluable information to aid the success of your business and unlike Sage Job Costing is free to all users of Sage Plus and Professional.

Sage 50 Accounts Plus helping you look after your customers and suppliers:

• Individual Customer Price lists – Setup price lists for specific customers that include relevant discounts. Saves on bookkeeping time as there is no need to re-key data or apply discounts individually.
• Batch Conversion of Quotes and Pro-formas – Keep your customers happy with efficient and accurate processing of orders.
• Multiple Delivery Addresses – Never miss a delivery or dispatch goods to the wrong address again. Choose from office, depot, accounts office and more.

Sage 50 Accounts Plus managing your stock:

• Stock allocation - means you’ll always have the right number of components to hand and so never miss out on any big orders.
• Bill of materials – is a list of the other products or components that are needed to make up the product, or product assembly.

Sage 50 Accounts Plus improving your finances:

• Accruals & Prepayments - adjust your accounts for any payments or invoices which you pay in arrears, such as telephone, gas and electricity bills or in advance such as telephone line rental and insurance.
• Fixed Assets register – record all your asset categories and automatically post depreciation at month end.
• Journal Reversal – clear any previous period journals or just correct a mistake a the click of a button.
• Cheque Printing – Using secure cheques you can print individual or batch cheque runs directly using Accounts Plus.

For entry level Sage Accounting Software see Sage 50 Accounts with CIS

If you require more than 3 users, foreign trade or order processing see Sage 50 Accounts Professional with CIS

The Sage 50 Family

Sage 50 Accounts Plus is the cornerstone of the Sage 50 range. You can link Sage Accounts to Sage Payroll, Sage ACT! (contact management), Sage Forecasting and Sage 50 HR for a truly all-round business solution where the right people in the business get the right information when they need it.

Features and Benefits of Sage Accounts Plus

Sage 50 Accounts Plus (before version 13 this was known as Sage Line 50 Accountant Plus) is part of the family of the UK's most popular small business accounting software. It is endorsed by Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and recommended by over 90% of accountants in the UK. Accounts Plus is designed for 1 or 2 users.

Key Features of Accounts Plus include:

Set up and manage projects

The Project Costing feature lets you set up specific projects - for specific products, customers or suppliers- and closely monitor the budget and cost of each project

Flexible pricing options

Set up flexible price lists individual customers, meaning you don't have to waste manually configure pricing or applying discounts

Batch Processing

Batch processing of quotes will save you time, keep your customers happy & improve your cash flow

Stock Management tools

As your business grows you'll need to know how much stock to hold. The advanced stock management and Bill of Materials will help you optimise your stock levels - know exactly what's in your warehouse & stock room & plan accurately for the future

Asset Management

Automate journal processes for depreciation and write off, saving you time and reducing the risk of making costly mistakes

The Sage 50 Accounts sales cycle

From preparing a quote, through to Sales orders. Proforma invoices and invoicing Sage 50 has everything to make the paperwork of the sales cycle as simple as possible

Pay Now Option & NEW Web Store Integration

The new “Pay Now” option is now embedded within emailed PDF invoices. This gives your customer the opportunity to pay your invoice immediately upon receipt.

Sage 50 accounts 2011 automatically integrates with your web store using SagePay through a wizard so you can, create new customer and new products records, match with current customers and products and create new invoices and receipts.

New Department Budgets

You can set budgets for each department and review progress against them. So you’ll know immediately how the individual areas of your business are performing.

Sage 50 CIS Module available

New fields have been added on customer and supplier records required for the new CIS scheme Sage 50 CIS will submit both the Monthly Online Tax Return (CIS 300) and perform electronic verification of subcontractor information.

Advanced Data Import

The advanced data import tool allows you to import data from excel as well as CSV files making it much more flexible. It will also now allow you to map the columns of data in your file to the accounts import structure.

Flat Rate VAT

Sage 50 Accounts 2011 has the ability to also deal with Flat Rate VAT scheme, produce the relevant VAT returns and stay compliant with the HMRC.

Compatible with Microsoft Office 2010

Sage 50 Accounts 2011 is the only Sage accounts program that is compatible with the 32-bit version of Microsoft Office 2010.

Improved Charities Capability

New set of reports especially created for non-profit organisations such as fund specific balance sheet and Profit and Loss by one or several funds at a time.

ECSL VAT changes

Sage 50 automatically accounts for submissions to be split by Goods and Services to abide by the legislation.

Drillable Reporting

See top-level figures, nominal code grouping and detailed transaction information with drillable reports.

Multiple Contacts

Sage 50 Accounts allows you to store details of multiple contacts in supplier and customer records. You may have different contacts for placing orders, sending invoices and statements etc.

Cash register

The cash register will help you account for and bank takings, track discrepancies and manage your float.

Sage 50 Accounts is a complete business management system that offers much more than accounting functionality. Sage 50 Accounts streamlines finance routines but promotes efficient stock management and effective dealings with customers and suppliers.

System requirements

To get the best possible performance from your Sage software, it's important to check that your PC meets the minimum requirements of the software and, where possible, the recommended requirements.

Recommended requirements

• An IBM®-compatible computer with a 2GHz (or equivalent) processor
• At least 1GB RAM
• At least 1GB of free disk space after Microsoft® Windows has been installed
• Network users only: 1Gbps network with Microsoft Windows networking
• Display Settings: 1024 x 768 resolution

Performance will be improved with higher specification computers and networks, and it only possible to install one copy on a single computer.

Works with Microsoft Office 2000 and all later editions, and please ensure you have the latest Microsoft updates installed.

This product will not install or run on the Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT4 operating systems.

Minimum requirements

• An IBM-compatible computer with a 1GHz (or equivalent) processor
• 512MB RAM
• 700MB of free disk space after Microsoft Windows has been installed
• Network users only: 100Mbps network with Microsoft Windows networking
• Display Settings: 1024 x 768 resolution

One of the following operating systems:

• Windows Server 2003
• Windows Server 2008
• Windows XP (Recommended)
• Windows Vista
• Windows 7

Apple Mac compatibility

Sage software is not compatible with Apple Macs, unless you are running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 via Apple’s Boot Camp utility.

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